Mother Chases, Rams Car To Free Son From Abductor

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April 8, 1997

NIXA, MO. — A woman whose 6-year-old son was abducted from their front yard chased the kidnapper in her car and repeatedly rammed his car until he set the boy free. Police charged Elton Choate, 20, with kidnapping. Sheriff's deputies got a call that a boy was abducted while playing, but his mother had left in pursuit of the kidnapper by the time they arrived. She rammed her car into Choate's car several times until it stopped. The man pushed the boy out of the car and his mother grabbed him, police said.